The $39 million gift is the result of the money raised in the August two-day bike event, in which 5,533 riders from 38 states and 5 countries participated. The amount is $2 million more than the PMC raised in 2012.

More than 600 PMC riders, volunteers and supporters will be on hand at the Legal Harborside in Boston where the check will be presented.

“The support from the PMC enables our scientists to conduct the earliest forms of research, before it is eligible for government or other funds,” said Dana-Farber President Edward J. Benz Jr., MD. “The next new treatments for cancer may be the result of PMC funding.”

The PMC has raised $414 million for cancer research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund since 1980.

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The 2013 Pan-Mass Challenge kicked off this weekend across Massachusetts.